Legalising The Trade of Rhino Horns
This increasing demand has further increased poaching in South Africa, home to around 90% of the world’s remaining white rhino population. The level of killing is now reaching record levels.
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Volunteering in Conservation - Robin Ward Tells His Story
The learning process will take a lifetime, and it is only when you start to dig deep that you realise how much our wild places and wild things require our help.
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Shift to Smaller Animals Predicted
As a result of the threats posed by human activity, scientists are predicting that there will be a shift towards smaller sized animals and birds, which could incur negative impacts for the long-term sustainability of ecology and evolution.
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Panda Habitat Saved from Horse Threat
Michigan State University (MSU) have recently discovered that livestock, horses in particular, are a significant threat to pandas.
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Lemur Videos Fuel Demand for Pets
New research analysing social media reactions has found that viral videos of seemingly cuddly wild animals fuels the demand for the illegal pet trade and has harmful impacts on the animals themselves and their populations in the wild.
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Saving the Saiga
Sadly, poaching remains a problem, not for food but for Chinese traditional medicine. The translucent, foot-long horns belonging to the males are ground into a powder and used for the treatment of headaches and fever, and a pound of powder can fetch US$2,000.
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